re: Questions for OT medical doctors regarding education.

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What was your undergraduate degree in?

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Biology/Chemistry

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Do you feel that a science background such as majoring in biology or chemistry is crucial to succeeding in med school?

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No.

There are core classes you have to take and pass, and some of those will help, but it isn’t crucial, ISO.

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What's your opinion of the medical schools in the Caribbean?

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Scruffy knows some great doctors from there, but there is a wide gap between good and bad.

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Would residency options be severely limited for an American attending one of those?

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Yes, they are limited. It is still possible, but it does hurt choices.

Those schools are there to make money. They enroll massive classes with the expectations that most will fail. There are those who succeed, but in all honesty, they are the University of Phoenix of med schools.